• Annual Travis Triathlon brings out competitors' best

    The Travis Fitness Center hosted the Annual Travis Triathlon Saturday open to the base populace. The timed endurance event consisted of swimming, biking and running.Participants registered at the Travis Aquatic Center at 8 a.m. and began the race at 9 a.m. The competitors were divided into three

  • Health Fair has tools to keep fit

    Health and Wellness Center coordinator Jennifer Pearson organized a Health Fair Sept. 9 for service members of the 60th Maintenance Squadron and their families at gym 1 in the Travis Fitness Center. As part of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program, the event was designed to demonstrate a variety

  • Vacaville Jazz Festival led by Travis civil engineer

    The sixth grader was disappointed first as a Golden West Middle School student when his band teacher, Richard Grokenberger, assigned him to last trumpet. It was 1976 at the middle school located just off Travis. After those auditions that Keith Stout, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron civil engineer

  • DGMC focuses on suicide prevention month

    I recently read a Modesto Bee article reprinted on the Calif. website of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It stated that more veterans have committed suicide since 2001 than have died in both the Iraqi and Afghanistan battlefields. I had to stop reading and consider that statement. How can

  • 'Where were you when the world stopped turning?'

    Shortly after the tragic events that unfolded on Sept. 11, 2001, singer and songwriter Alan Jackson composed a powerful song that put into words what so many of us were feeling that day. 0For me, the lyrics to "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?" will forever remind me of the myriad of

  • New AFI outlines dress, appearance

    In 1995 Gen. Ronald Fogelman, former Air Force Chief of Staff said that in order to be effective, Air Force standards must be uniformly known, consistently applied and non-selectively enforced. He went on to say the principle that good order and discipline are essential to combat effectiveness has

  • 9/11 a reminder for Travis to remain vigilant

    September 11, 2011 is a significant milestone in our nation's history. This date marks the ten-year anniversary of the largest terrorist attack to occur on American soil. It also has been nine years, 11 months that we have been a nation at war. During the last decade, the U.S. and its allies have

  • Registration opens for Viking Challenge 2011

    Viking Challenge - the annual fundraiser for the Travis Fisher House will take place Saturday, Oct. 1. The event, sponsored by the 615th Contingency Response Wing's Phoenix Mobility Program, is a 12-hour relay in which teams of eight to 10 people continuously move--run, jog or walk around the Travis

  • Fairways grand opening

    Fairways, the newest restaurant to participate in the Food Transformation Initiative at Travis, held its grand opening Sept. 1 at Cypress Lakes Golf Course.The event marked the beginning of the availability of campus-style dining at the 60th Force Support Squadron food options around the base.Airmen

  • National Night Out raises awareness about safety

    Balfour Beatty Life Works hosted National Night Out, an event designed to heighten different aspects of safety awareness for residents of Travis, Aug. 31 at the Balfour Beatty Community Center. More than 500 were in attendance.The participants of the event included the Salvation Army, Travis Police